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[plotbunny-bundle]

Who would be a bigger problem if they went supervillain?

Bruce Wayne

Barbara Gorgon

Alfred Pennyworth

Dick Grayson

Tim Drake

Cassandra Cain

Damian Wayne

Duke Thomas

Stephanie Brown

Kate Kane

Voting ended onApr 8, 2024

Jason isn't included because he was a supervillain for 6 years real time, 1-2 years comic time. We've seen how much of a threat and problem he can be.

[adamalade-productions]

My home

She says That I may find home in many places On the stage In a house and community In a postcard I don’t say That I want it all I want the stage I want the home and community I want her. Because we are only children  Yet i feel she is my home

She says she must move Around and around I don’t say  That I want her to stay with me I want her. All of her Because  i feel she is my home

She says That she will always have a home Here and there In the people she loves I don’t say That I want to be her home For her to come home to me To come home to her Because i feel she is my home

I know I’m not what she needs And she’s not what I do But I can’t stop Wanting her to be my home And thinking of her When I hear the word home

[skribblegurl]

some people think writers are so eloquent and good with words, but the reality is that we can sit there with our fingers on the keyboard going, “what’s the word for non-sunlight lighting? Like, fake lighting?” and for ten minutes, all our brain will supply is “unofficial”, and we know that’s not the right word, but it’s the only word we can come up with…until finally it’s like our face got smashed into a brick wall and we remember the word we want is “artificial”.

[heywriters]

I couldn't remember the word "doorknob" ten minutes ago.

[bumblewyn]

ok but the onelook thesaurus will save your life, i literally could not live without this website

[breelandwalker]

REBLOG TO SAVE A WRITER'S LIFE

[adamalade-productions]

thinking about the tragedy and romanticism of being queer and/or trans in history

[adamalade-productions]

okay but if you were given the chance to go back in time and prevent that one (or two?) guy(s) (the story's unclear to what i can tell), would you keep jason todd alive or would you kill him? because i loveloveLOVE him as red hood, but also if/when i have a fanfic with him in it i'd feel really bad about killing him, so i'm looking to the internet for advice :D

[alexangery]

how to trick writers into giving you more fanfic to read

[dement009]

Works for comics and art as well.

[whatthevoid]

…this has the opposite effect.

[honestsister]

instead try; I love you *generic keysmash* h OW DA RE *lavish praise* *inside fandom joke* *quote fave part* *more generic keysmashing*

[alexangery]

you. i like you

[ixhadbadxdays]

Also, the favorites: 1) DID I SAY YOU COULD HURT ME LIKE THIS?!?;?!; 2) DONT HURT MY BABY WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS 3) why must you hurt me this way 4) WHY IS THIS A CLIFFHANGER?! WHAT HAPPENS NEXT I NEED TO KNOW 5) This made me cry/squeal/giggle/wake the dead with my laughter 6) I almost woke my family laughing at ___ part 7) I DIDNT KNOW I NEEDED THIS AU UNTIL YOU POSTED THIS 8) this is so cute I’m dying 9) and (writer’s name) strikes again! 10) I had to reread this bc it’s so good and I love it 11) I wish I could like/heart/kudos this more than once Like, seriously guys, freak out with us and you’ll have us wrapped around your little fingers.

[coffin-bird]

This is so true! A lot of the time, I get stuck in a writer’s hole. But whenever I get a comment like the above ones, it makes me want to write more!

[awkwardyunyoo22]

GUYS! THIS IS CHEATCODE FOR MORE!!! SIGNAL BOOST 😱✨😂

[horrorshunt]

as a writer, i can 100% confirm that even simple comments like “THIS IS REALLY GOOD” is the cheatcode to get more fanfics out of us.

[bluef00t]

Tobey Maguire Spider-Man "it's a hard knock life" fancam hours

[boastmalone]

How does it feel to have conceptualized the perfect Spider-Man trailer op

[aidaronan]

Why do people stop commenting on fics if they’re more than a week or two old? Please comment on old fics. Tell me you like my one shot from 2014. Tell me you like my old multi-chap I finished in 2016 that I spent a year writing. I will be fucking thrilled.

[thefeistydragon]

Fics are not social media posts. There’s no “stalking” someone’s “old posts”. They’re meant to be found and enjoyed years down the line. No need to be nervous.

[plaidadder]

I reblog this message every time it comes across my dash because it’s true. And also: 

When I first started writing fanfic, back in the mid 1990s (yes! the late twentieth century!) one of the discouraging things about it was that people treated fanfic as if it was disposable. It seemed like what most readers wanted was a constant stream of new content, whereas I tend to produce one big work every 6-12 months. It made me sad that people seemed to think there was no point to re-reading or saving old fic. There is no sell-by date on fiction! It does not get out of order! It can still work even years or decades later! 

So yeah, I have stories up at ao3 that are literally a quarter-century old, and every time someone leaves a comment on them I am very pleased to get it. We get attached to our stories and it cheers us up to see that they are still finding readers. It means that they are still ‘alive,’ in some way. 

[ruffboi-mags]

AO3 is not social media, it’s (essentially) a library.

You’re meant to engage with any and all of it, regardless of age.

[adamalade-productions]

Alternate Spider-Person costumes!

[image 1: a half-done sketch of a spider. A sketch of a blank face with a mask over it. The mask covers their eyes and the area around them, dipping down in the center. The eyes have sections that are teardrop-shaped on top of them to look through, and the mask has a general web pattern on it. There’s a third sketch of a full-body suit, that appears to be at least partially skin tight. It goes up like a turtleneck, and has the web design on the neck and collar. The center of the chest has a large spider design, stretching all the way out to the sides of the arms and torso. The gloves are darker than the rest of the suit and connected to the arms. The pants of the suit are also connected, with panels on the sides of the thighs and pockets. The shoes are attached to the pants, and the bottoms are dark, with the web design climbing up the thighs. There are also various notes: long black wig like Kate Kane, removable gloves and shoes, zippers in front and back. End id]

[image 2: a sketch of a blank face with a bandana covering their eyes and the area around them. The lenses and frame of broken sunglasses are stuck to it so that the wearer/face can see. A sketch with a zip-up hoodie with a sprawling spider on the front of the chest, gloves, tightish sweatpants, and no shoes. The mask is labeled ‘bandana with broken sunglasses.’ The hoodie is labeled ‘sharpie and hoodie.’ The pants are labeled ‘sweatpants.’ The words ‘sneakers/boots’ are in place of a drawing of actual shoes. End id]

I tried to make this one slightly less extreme and all-covering than the original spider-man costume, making it more similar to the Jessica drew spider-woman costume and dc costumes. The first pic is a formal costume, whereas the second pic is more of a rough draft and the first attempt.

[adamalade-productions]

[image id: piper, a young half-Chinese, half-white girl with tannish skin, freckles, and straight red hair, is standing and grinning. She appears to be 5 to 8 years old, since the artist isn’t sure how he’s supposed to draw kids. She is wearing a plain red shirt, a plain blue skirt, and mismatched socks. One is red, and one is blue. She’s also wearing two blue bracelets, and her bangs cover her forehead. She is wearing a too-big green tie and a too-big charcoal grey suit jacket, both her father’s.]

Bb piper playing dressup in her dads closet :D

[adamalade-productions]

piper-themed doodles!!!!

[Image ID under the cut] (it's probably not a very good image id but i tried)

[Image ID: A photo of an index card with various doodles, made with a black pen, on it.

Doodle 1 is a droplet of some kind, with attempted hatching shading.

Doodle 2 is a kitchen knife with blood along the sharp edge, dripping off of the tip.

Doodle 3 is what appears to be a stitched and cleaned slash, with gentle indication of raw skin around the slash and a few stitches stitching the slash together.

Doodle 4 is part of an armor outfit. There's a zip-up hoodie with arm, shoulder, and ab guards, with a vest that could be assumed to be kevlar layered on top. There's also some sort of shaded-in covering over where the top half of Piper's face would be.

Doodle 5 is a partially unravelled bandage roll, stood straight up with some of it unravelled and laying out from the roll of bandages.

Doodle 6 is a spider logo, more akin to the MCU Spider-Man logos than the other variations of the spider-man/woman logos.

Doodle 7 is a single bullet, a cylinder with a slightly pointed top.

Doodle 8 is a combat boot in profile view. The laces and sole/heel of the boot is shaded in, and there's various scuffs and (blood) stains on the body of the boot.

Doodle 9 is a simple chibi-style head of Piper. She has short curly hair with buzzed sides, large and simplistic eyes, an open smile, eyebrows, and a small scar across her nose.

Doodle 10 is the foot of a Spider-Man or Spider-Woman costume. It has thin soles, and a webbed design climbing up the foot and leg.

Doodle 11 is one of the eyes on a Spider-Man or Spider-Woman costume. It is vaguely teardrop-shaped, with thick black borders and a pale interior.

Doodle 12 is a simple handgun, with a grip, trigger, and loading bar (if that's what it's called). There's also a crosshatched rectangle next to it, which could appear to be a container of bullets.

[hypermania]

nobody understands my deeply painful bucky/howard feelings like melissa @unclesteeb WHO ABSOLUTELY RIPS MY HEART TO SHREDS EVERY SINGLE TIME I STUPIDLY BRING IT UP

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[daddy-daredevil]

Bucky x Howard makes so much sense in my mind for so many reasons. Like of course buckys drawn to the handsome genius scientist he admires and of course Howard is drawn to the handsome solider that happens to be smart and dorky despite this massive trauma that just happened. It’s so sad there’s only like 2 scenes of them interacting and one of them is where one is forced to unalive the other. I said it one and I’ll always it again: they should have been the romantic focus of CATFA

[writingwithcolor]

Writing With Color – Featured Description Posts

Some of our most useful posts on describing People of Color, all in one place.

Words to Describe Hair

Words to Describe Skin Tone

Describing Asian Eyes

Describing Wide Noses

Describing Undead & Sick Dark Skin

Describing POC and Avoiding Caricatures

Describing Unnatural Skin Tones: Green

Describing Unnatural Skin Tones: Jaundice

Indicating Race of Characters (FAQ Questions #3-4)

Not Indicating Race at All – Note: You Probably Should

Praising Beauty Without Fetishizing

Olive Skin, Race and Ethnicity

Specific Description Posts  

Describing Skin as Swarthy (Spoiler alert: it’s sketchy)

Describing East Asian Skin as Porcelain (Spoiler alert: it’s also sketchy)

Describing Skin as Russet (Spoiler alert: it’s alright)

Describing PoC as Exotic (SA: it’s othering)

Describing Skin as Ebony (SA: it’s cliche)

Describing Natural Hair as Cloud-Like (SA: it’s cool)

Describing Black Hair as Unkempt (SA: it’s offensive)

Describing Black Hair as Kinky (SA: it depends)

Describing Skin as “Dark as Night” (SA: it also depends)

Describing Skin as Like Dirt or Soil (SA: See above)

Describing Skin as just “Dark.” (SA: it’s vague)

Describing Black Hair as “Nappy” (SA: it ain’t recommended)

Describing Skin With Food (SA: it’s a no-no)

–WWC

[queerdo-mcjewface]

Help stop abuse of my incarcerated penpal!

My penpal Joseph Stewart has been transferred back to solitary confinement in retaliation for his continuing advocacy for his fellow prisoners and for his political beliefs. The prison guards at Alexander Correctional Institution have beat him, limited his access to drinking water, and denied him access to books sent to him in accordance with prison policies. His prisoner number is 0802041.

Please contact North Carolina State Senator Natalie Murdock at [phone] or [email protected] to demand that she intervene to stop the abuse.

[lady-feral]

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[comfortember]

COMFORTEMBER 2021

Hey guys!!! Comfortember 2021 is upon us. WHO’S PSYCHED CUZ I AM 🙌🏼

Comfortember is a month-long challenge during the month of November and the focus is all things comfort. Whether in the form of fluff, recovery, post-whump, or all of the above, this challenge is guaranteed to give you those soft, fuzzy feelings that make you want to curl up under blankets in front of a fireplace ☺️

This challenge is open to all fandoms and it’s open to all forms of art, not just fanfiction. Please use the #comfortember tag when you post so all the fics will be in one place! 

For anyone posting on AO3, the link to this year’s collection is here!

AND THE PROMPTS ARE:

I decided to post the prompts earlier this year to give you guys more time to plan, especially since it’s coming after @whumptober2021​ and @sicktember​ (the first Sicktember is this September!)

The 5 prompts off to the side are the alternatives. If there is a prompt you don’t want/aren’t comfortable using, please use these as a substitute 💜

Please refer to my FAQ for any questions but please send me an ask on this blog or my main blog @baloobird​ if you have questions about anything!!! 

Thank you guys so much, it’s because of YOU that i’m able to do this again and I’m so freaking excited!! I hope you guys enjoy the prompts and have fun with this!!! 💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜

Please share this and spread the word, the more comfort, the better 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼

*Adding the prompts under the cut in the copy/paste format for easier accessibility*

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[ceterisparibus116]

COMFORTEMBER??? 👀

[bluebxlle-writer]

Writing fight scenes

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1. Pacing

A fight scene should be fast-paced and intense. Unless it's a final battle with numerous parties, a fight scene that's too long tends to take away suspense. To speed up your pacing, use active voice to describe movement and don't overdescribe your characters' thoughts. Excessive inner monologue will be unrealistic, as people usually have no room to think during intense combats.

2. Character mannerisms

Here's a point that people often overlook, but is actually super important. Through fight scenes, you should be able to reveal your characters' contrasting mannerisms and personality. A cunning character would play dirty - fighting less and making use of their opponent's weakness more. A violent character would aim to kill. A softer one would only target to disarm their enemies, using weakened attacks. A short-minded character would only rely on force and attack without thinking. This will help readers understand your characters more and decide who to root for.

3. Making use of surroundings

Not only the characters, you also need to consider the setting of your fight scene and use it to your advantage. Is it suitable for fighting, or are there dangerous slopes that make it risky? Are there scattered items that can help your characters fight (e.g. nails, shards of glass, ropes, wooden boards, or cutlery)? Is it a public place where people can easily spot the fight and call the authorities, or is it a private spot where they can fight to the death?

4. Description

The main things that you need to describe in a fight scene are :

• Characters involved in the fight

• How they initiate and dodge attacks

• Fighting styles and any weapons used

• The injuries caused

Be careful to not drag out the description for too long, because it slows down the pace.

5. Raise the stakes

By raising the stakes of the fight, your readers will be more invested in it. Just when they think it's over, introduce another worse conflict that will keep the scene going. Think of your characters' goals and motivations as well. Maybe if the MC didn't win, the world would end! Or maybe, one person in the fight is going all-out, while the other is going easy because they used to be close :"D

6. Injuries

Fights are bound to be dirty and resulting in injuries, so don't let your character walk away unscathed - show the effect of their injuries. For example, someone who had been punched in the jaw has a good chance of passing out, and someone who had been stabbed won't just remove the knife and walk away without any problem. To portray realistic injuries, research well. I have two posts about writing realistic pain and injuries back in my pink theme, check them out if you need any reference!

7. Drive the plot forward

You don't write fight scenes only to make your characters look cool - every fight needs to have a purpose and drive the plot forward. Maybe they have to fight to improve their fighting skills or escape from somewhere alive. Maybe they need to defeat the enemy in order to obtain an object or retrieve someone who had been kidnapped. The point is, every single fight scene should bring the characters one step closer (or further :D) to the climax.

8. Words to use

• Hand to hand combat :

Crush, smash, lunge, beat, punch, leap, slap, scratch, batter, pummel, whack, slam, dodge, clobber, box, shove, bruise, knock, flick, push, choke, charge, impact

• With weapon :

Swing, slice, brandish, stab, shoot, whip, parry, cut, bump, poke, drive, shock, strap, pelt, plunge, impale, lash, bleed, sting, penetrate

[ceterisparibus116]

Also, DON'T introduce something vital to the fight *in* the fight! This goes for the combatants' skills/abilities as well as anything in the environment. If the readers don't go into the fight knowing there's a cliff, and then suddenly someone's about to fall, that's incredibly jarring.

And it's cheating your reader out of one of the best parts of a fight scene: trying to anticipate who will win and how they'll do so. Readers who are trying to do that will feel cheated if suddenly there's a cliff! But suddenly one character realized they could fly! But suddenly the other character has a rocket launcher!

Okay that's a bit silly, but you get the point. 😂

[adamalade-productions]

Bro I’m trying to write today’s whumptober prompt and I’m just writing the fluffy aftermath of the whump 💀💀💀 this is so not working